student projects

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Grade Level / Project	Curricular Content	Description	Tools	Student Exemplar
Your My Hero! 2nd grade	Hero unit	After studying the attributes of a hero, students select someone from the past or present who epitomize those characteristics. Their research, writing and presentation of attained understanding is coupled with technology skills.	Tool used: Greenscreen Other possible tools: AudioBoo Vocaroo ChirbIt
How Do You Spell THAT? ECE	Words Around Us (homophones and homonyms)	Students learn and play with words that sound alike and have two meanings. They write clues for their chosen words, record their clues and offer a visual aid for the viewer.	Tool used: Audacity Other possible tools: AudioBoo Vocaroo ChirbIt	.
The Great Plant Podcast 2nd grade	Science; plants	Working in groups, students studied various type of plants, then wrote radio shows (with interviews and commercials).	Tool used: Audacity Other possible tools: AudioBoo Vocaroo ChirbIt	Bromwell Plants
I Wonder... Kindergarten Research	Other Places; Other Peoples	Students choose a location in the world, work collaboratively to generate questions they have about other countries, then research their answers from selected books before they share their discoveries.	Tool used: PhotoStory3 Other possible tools: CogDogRoo
Animal Research 1st Grade	First study of animals and habitats	Students used a graphic organizer to gather research notes to write a first person report on an animal of their choice. Students then used keyword search strategies to find and save a picture of their animal. Animal pictures were then"Blabberized" as a multi-media production.	Tool used: Blabberize Other possible tools: Fotobable	(very slow to load--patience!)
1st Grade	Comparative Writing	Students wrote and published their comparative writing piece	Tool used: Fotobabble Other possible tools: Educreations
FIeld Weather Reporters 1st grade	Research, writing, publication	First grade students take on the roll of in-the-field weather reporters around the world.	Tool used: Camera
Flat Stanley 2nd Grade	Community Helpers	Students research, write and illustrate a Flat Stanley community helper to share electronically with the community.	Tool used: Blabberize Other possible tools: Fotobable	Click here toview Student Projects
2nd Grade	Historical Imagery	Students used Google Earth to look at communities as they historically evolve.	Tool used: Google Earth download Learning Resources:	| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book
Poetry 2nd Grade	Introduction to written poetry	Students wrote poetry, illustrated their work, and vocalized their products	Tool used: Audacity PowerPoint Other tools to use: camera Vocaroo AudioBoo PhotoStory3 Memoriesonweb	Click to see Student work
Research-based online book 2nd Grade	Country study	Students worked in cooperative groups of 4 to research a country of their choice and take notes using a graphic organizer. Each student then chose 2 - 4 facts to represent in an online book using images found online and captions written from their notes.	Tool used: Mixbook Other tools to use: PhotoPeach SlideRoll PhotoStory3	| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book
Sequential Explanations (How Tos) 2nd grade	Literacy	Working in pairs, students research, write, find appropriate graphics and produce a How To video	Tool used: MovieMaker Other tools to use: PhotoStory3
Inquiry-based Colorado history 3rd and 4th grade	Colorado history	Working in pairs, student refine their research on a Colorado character or place and share their work with peers and professionals for feedback.	Tool used: Glogster
Famous Coloradans 4th grade	Colorado history	Travel back in time and enjoy these "old time radio" interviews	Tool used: Audacity Other tools to use: Vocaroo AudioBoo	Click to hear Interviews
Historical Heroes 4th grade	Revisting our history	An end-of-year project, our students were asked to tell the story of a historical hero from the first-person perspective	Tool used: PhotoStory3 Other possible tools: CogDogRoo	Click to see Student work
Booktalks 5th grade	Free choice Reading	After reading a novel, students write a book trailor to advertise the book & entice other readers to read it.	Tool used: PhotoStory3 Other possible tools: CogDogRoo	Click to see Booktalks
State reports 4th grade	U.S. State/Region	Research and writing provide the foundation for student reflections on state knowledge	Tool used: SimpleBooklet Other tools to use: Mixbook PhotoPeach SlideRoll	Click to see Reports
Research-based virtual tours 5th and 6th grade	All content appropriate	Students choose a topic of personal academic interest. Research resulted in multi-media projects.	Tool used: Animoto Other possible tools: MuseumBox Memoriesonweb
Food Chain Biomes 5th grade	Elementary Science	Food chain biomes were researched and presented.	Tool used: Animoto Audacity Other possible tools: MuseumBox Memoriesonweb	Click to see Reports
Inquiry-based research projects 5th-8th grade	Any content appropriate	Students brainstormed and investigated topics with driving questions and used web 2.0 tools to present research findings on informational websites.	Tool used: Wikispaces Blabberize ImageLoop BigHugeLabs Other possible tools: Animoto MuseumBox Memoriesonweb	Click to see Student work
Collaborative group studies Secondary	Any content appropriate	Prepare for a sensational experience, as a class studying one topic (the Medieval Ages) divides into groups, each group becoming an expert in one content section.	Tool used: Wikispaces PhotoPeach Blabberize	Click to see student work
It's a mystery to me! 5th to High School	Any content appropriate	Students selected a geographical,historical, or cultural topic that they desired to gain a deeper understanding. Following intensive research, online note taking, and peer review, they published their final projects	Tool used: Mapwing
The origin of everyday expressions podcast Upper elementary, middle and high schoo	History, research, writing	Researching the derivation of common-day sayings, students wrote a short understanding of how the phrase came to be and where they see it used in society today.	Tool used: Audacity Other possible tools: AudioBoo Vocaroo ChirbIt	Click to see Student work
Reflections of Me High School	Writing	Using exemplary pieces of literature as a model, students wrote reflective pieces of theirown, combined them with copyright free music, and created these magical videos.	Tools used: Animoto Audacity Other possible tools: MuseumBox Memoriesonweb
Region Reports 3rd and 4th Grade	Writing, research, publication	Using greenscreening, this educational team readies their research for Hollywood	Tools used: Greenscreening Audacity
State Reports 3rd and 4th Grade	Writing, research, publication	Students spent time researching different states in the library. When the writing was complete, students worked on making booklets to advertise our state.	Tool used: SimpleBooklet	Click to see State reports
Western Biographies 3rd grade	Writing, research, publication	Third grade students research and wrote first-person perspectives on Western characters.	Tool used: MyBrainShark
Digital Reporters 3rd Grade	Writing, research, publication	Third grade students split into groups to use primary resources (from the Denver Public Library) and digital cameras to compare the "now and then" of two different neighborhoods surrounding their school.	Tool used: Mixbook Other tools to use: Tikatok PhotoPeach CogDogRoo	| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book